Navigating the New Quality Standards in Carbon Markets
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
4:00 PM Greenwich Mean Time
1 hour
The Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM) is an essential tool in the global fight against climate change. Despite growing demand, questions of integrity—around additionality, transparency, and accountability—have impeded progress. How can we ensure that every carbon credit represents genuine compensation efforts to remove or avoid emissions? What steps are being taken to build trust and credibility in the system?
Join us for an engaging webinar where experts dive into the latest initiatives shaping VCM integrity, including new verification methodologies and enhanced safeguards against double counting. Whether you’re a buyer, seller, or simply curious about how VCMs drive meaningful climate action, this session will provide insights you won’t want to miss. Let’s build a market we can trust—together.
Produced by Reuters Plus for Shell Low Carbon Solutions
Speakers:
Nick Osborne
General Manager Carbon and Environmental Products Trading, Shell
Nick has been with Shell for more than 25 years and worked in the UK, the USA and the Netherlands. He has worked in trading since 2000 covering gasoline, Chemicals and Chemical products. He led the ethanol business from 2006 to 2012 building it from a single trader (him) to a global team. His previous role was GM of freight in Crude trading. He is a firm believer that markets are the best way for participants to understand the choice available to them.
As General Manager for Environmental Products Trading, Nick is responsible for supporting customers meet their compliance obligations, as well as driving advocacy and demand for voluntary carbon markets sourcing and trading high-quality carbon credits. Shell has been involved in carbon markets for more than 20 years and has one of the largest portfolios of carbon credits in the world.
Donna Lee
Co-Founder, Calyx Global
Donna has worked on climate change for nearly two decades. Along with being a co-founder of Calyx Global, she is currently on the ICVCM's Expert Panel and on the BVCM SBTi Expert Advisory Group. She was formerly at the State Department where, among other duties, she served as a climate change negotiator for the United States; thereafter, she served as an advisor to governments, philanthropies and companies seeking to take climate action. Her goals in life align with Calyx’s mission: to contribute to the well-being of people and to protect the planet. Donna has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and a master’s in education from UCLA, and a master’s in international policy from Stanford University. In her free time, you can find Donna wandering the Colorado Rockies by foot or on Nordic skis.
Andrea Abrahams
Managing Director of Voluntary Carbon Markets and Independent Advisor, IETA (International Emissions Trading Association)
At the IETA (International Emissions Trading Association), Andrea manages VCM policy and advocacy, the ICROA (International Carbon Reduction and Offset Alliance) Accreditation Programme, and supports the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM). She is also chair of the Investment Committee for Climate Asset Management.
Further, Andrea works an independent advisor to support companies with their net zero strategies. Pro bono work includes mentorship for the Creative Destruction Lab (Oxford University chapter), a start-up accelerator.
Previously Andrea worked for BP as the Director Energy Transition where she played a central role in developing and driving BP’s net zero ambition. This included supporting the Downstream executive and BP main board in defining decarbonising pathways to achieve net zero, assessing climate risks, reporting (ESG) and implementing targets.
Nadira Tudor
Moderator, Reuters Plus
Nadira Tudor is an award-winning presenter and journalist with experience across television, radio and events.